In June, the Xayaburi Dam's opponents were strengthened when a Thai national court agreed to hear a lawsuit by 37 villagers who are challenging the Thai government's plans to buy most of the power.

Xayaburi Dam, completed in 2019, is the first of five planned dams on the Mekong mainstream in Laos, and stands around 130km downstream from Luang Prabang. Image courtesy of CK Power Company.

According to an announcement by CK Power Plc, the operator of Xayaburi Dam, the dam's hydropower generation was given a trial run during July 15-29 ahead engaging in full-scale electricity ...

VIENTIANE, Laos, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- Construction on the controversial Xayaburi Dam on the lower Mekong River in Laos has officially begun, an official said. "We held the groundbreaking ceremony today ...

The Xayaburi Dam will take eight years to complete and cost an estimated $3.5 billion. It will generate 1,260 megawatts of electricity, most of which will be sold to Thailand.

Laos’s Xayaburi dam project faces opposition throughout the region over its ecological impact. Battle for the Mekong Heats Up – The Diplomat All Sections Search ...

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Work has resumed on a controversial $3.5 billion dam across the Mekong River in Laos, its Thai developer said on Thursday, contradicting Laotian assurances it had been ...

According to the Xayaburi website, the $3.8 billion dam is “a run of river barrage which will trap substantially less sediment than conventional storage schemes,” but new evidence indicates ...

By Anton L. Delgado Key migratory fish species travel hundreds of kilometers along the Mekong River, including through several active and planned hydropower dam projects in Laos, a recent ...

According to the company, the dam has nothing to do with the drought, which it says has been caused by a lack of rainfall in Luang Prabang, which is around 80 kilometres north of Xayaburi Dam.